Murray's is better when it hews to its mission, to gently educate.
But even as he entertains and diverts with his dramatic tales, Sacks has always been up to something else: he is gently educating us about the frailties and flaws — and the strengths and capacities — of "normal" people, those whose afflictions are of the most ordinary sort.
It's one thing if you really aren't an expert on something and the snob tries to gently educate you, but another if you're talking about something you feel confident about.
PS 72 (down 68) Clive Barker, Horror Novelist That rarity in the horror world, an out gay writer, Barker has always sought gently to educate his readers while splattering them with gore.
"Polite, educated people gently bored and pretending to be moved," is how his biographer, Martin Esslin, characterized Brecht's take on it.
You could strike up a friendly conversation and gently but firmly educate owners and tenants about the consequences of littering.
It's really up to you, the educated consumer, to gently inform your friends and family living with standard definition programming that there's a whole different world out there that can be had with only an antenna or quick call to their TV provider.
There is already evidence of the potential for compromise in this area of care however, and once educated, families are willing to gently wipe the baby without giving a full bath.
Mr Coulthard, 62, educates us, gently: "The jacket's double breasted and it's always herringbone, traditionally.
